About Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore

Stephen­ Moore is an economics journalist, author, and columnist who served as the senior economics writer for the Wall Street Journal editorial page and as member of the Journal's editorial board. He continues to be a regular contributor at The Wall Street Journal and other outlets, such as Fox News, CNN and CNBC, and writes a nationally syndicated political column .

Currently, Moore is the chief economist for the Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity, recently released "An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States," which explains why eliminating or lowering tax burdens at the state level leads to economic growth and wealth creation. This is the latest of many books he has co-authored.

In his earlier career he Moore was founder and president of the Club for Growth, a 25,000-member organization dedicated to helping elect free market, tax-cutting candidates to Congress and served as the Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Budgetary Affairs at The Heritage Foundation.


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Trump's Share-the-Wealth Retirement Plan Will Help All Americans Sep 02, 2025

The Elizabeth Warrens of the world have long complained about how the rules in Washington and on Wall Street are rigged in favor of the rich. Well, there is one federal policy that absolutely does benefit those with higher incomes over working-class ... Read More

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Europe Is Dying -- Are We Next? Aug 26, 2025

Let's start with a very simple truism: You can't have prosperity without people. Human beings are the most valuable resource, because it is human ingenuity that creates, captures and cultivates all other resources. We as human beings are the custodi... Read More

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'Drill, Baby, Drill' Is Working Aug 19, 2025

Well, so much for the vaunted renewable energy "transition" to save the planet. This was always a fable. We get 80% of our energy from fossil fuels, and with Donald Trump now in the White House, that ratio is rising, not falling. A Reuters headline f... Read More

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As Many as 1 Million Kids Will Have School Choice This Year Aug 12, 2025

This is the dawning of the age of school choice. The school bells will start ringing in the days and weeks ahead, but a record number of kids — especially children from low-income families — will be opting out of the traditional public sc... Read More